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Orange Award for New Writers 2010 shortlist

announced 13 April

judges

Di Speirs (Chair), Editor - Readings, BBC Radio 4

Rachel Cooke, Writer and Columnist at The Observer

Bernadine Evaristo, Novelist, critic and winner of the 2009 Orange Prize Youth Panel award for Blonde Roots
shortlist

The Book of Fires
Jane Borodale, Harper Press

The Boy Next Door
Irene Sabatini, Sceptre

After The Fire, A Still Small Voice
Evie Wyld, Jonathan Cape

The judges also commended Jacqueline Yallop for her excellent novel, Kissing Alice, saying it "stood out for its compelling story and fine prose. We look forward to reading more from her in the future."

Video

The Orange Award for New Writers judges talk about the shortlisted books

The Orange Award for New Writers

The Award was launched in 2005 in partnership with Arts Council England. Renewing their commitment to the partnership with Orange, Arts Council England has committed a further £30,000 over the next three years (£10,000 per year) for bursary awards for the winners of the Orange Award for New Writers. By offering a bursary to a novelist or short story writer for her first publication, the Arts Council is able to support the professional development of a writer at a crucial stage in her career.

Authors who have written their first work of fiction can be entered for both the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Award for New Writers.